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pedate
ped·ate P0144500 (pĕd′āt′)adj.1. Resembling or functioning as a foot: pedate appendages.2. Botany Having palmately divided lobes with the lateral lobes cleft or divided: a pedate leaf. [Latin pedātus, past participle of pedāre, to furnish with feet, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]pedate (ˈpɛdeɪt) adj1. (Botany) (of a plant leaf) divided into several lobes arising at a common point, the lobes often being stalked and the lateral lobes sometimes divided into smaller lobes2. (Zoology) zoology having or resembling a foot: a pedate appendage. [C18: from Latin pedātus equipped with feet, from pēs foot] ˈpedately advped•ate (ˈpɛd eɪt) adj. 1. having a foot or feet. 2. resembling a foot. 3. having divisions like toes. 4. (of a leaf) palmately parted or divided with the lateral lobes or divisions cleft or divided. [1745–55; < Latin pedātus] ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | pedate - of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or dividedcompound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" | | 2. | pedate - having or resembling a footzoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animalsfooted - having feet; "footed creatures"; "a footed sofa" |
pedate
pedate[′pe‚dāt] (biology) Having toelike parts. Having a foot. Having tube feet. pedate
pedate (pĕd′āt′)adj.1. Resembling or functioning as a foot: pedate appendages.2. Botany Having palmately divided lobes with the lateral lobes cleft or divided: a pedate leaf.pedate (of leaves) divided in a PALMATE fashion with further divisions.pedate
Words related to pedateadj of a leaf shapeRelated Wordsadj having or resembling a footRelated Words- zoological science
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